Bonus Episode: A Deep Dive into the “Four Tendencies” Personality Framework
Want to learn whether you’re an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, or Rebel—and what that means? Gretchen gives a quick overview of her popular personality framework, and explains how you can use it to en...
23 Sep 201935min
Little Happier: My America Feeling: I’m Grateful for the Sound of Many Languages
As a child growing up in Kansas City, I loved to listen to languages other than English, but I rarely had the chance—so I remind myself to feel grateful for hearing so many languages here in New York ...
23 Sep 20193min
Ep. 239: Tackling Life’s Big Questions with Kate Bowler
Why you should make a concrete offer when someone needs a hand, how to break the ice using a simple button-maker, and a thoughtful conversation about life’s big questions with writer and podcaster Kat...
18 Sep 201940min
Little Happier: Like Oscar Wilde, Do You Find It Hard to Live Up to Your Blue China? I Sure Do.
Oscar Wilde famously observed: “‘I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china.” What do you think he meant by that?Get tickets for our live podcast events in Seattle, Portland, Sa...
16 Sep 20192min
Ep. 238: Back-to-School Habits, and Marie Forleo Talks About How Everything Is Figureoutable
Strategies to help you and your family create good back-to-school habits, the fun of undertaking a library quest, and author and host of MarieTV Marie Forleo talks about happiness and productivity.Get...
11 Sep 201933min
Little Happier: An Old and Famous Story about How We Can’t Outrun Our Fate
The ancient and haunting teaching story about “an appointment in Samarra” is a wonderful illustration of the inevitability of fate.Get tickets for our live podcast events in Seattle, Portland, San Fra...
9 Sep 20192min
Ep. 237: #HappierLaborDay: What Career Aims Make Our Work Lives Happier
We can use the Labor Day holiday as a catalyst to think about making our work lives happier, healthier, more productive, or more creative. #HappierLaborDayGet in touch: @gretchenrubin; @elizabethcraft...
4 Sep 201939min
Little Happier: The Musical “Song of Spider-Man” and the Problem of the Unknown Knowns
A memoir about the failure of the musical “Song of Spider-Man” is a sobering example of how sometimes, we choose not to know the things we know—with very bad consequences.Get tickets for our live podc...
2 Sep 20193min
